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| | The United States Air Force Thunderbirds Team History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Bolt's team, the "Acrojets", were officially recognized by the Air Force in March 1949, but were disbanded in 1950 upon the outbreak of the Korean War. |
 | | Captain Bob McCormick, the team's spare pilot, designed the red, white, and blue color scheme and patch, to be applied to the F-84G Thunderjets and the team's emblem, both of which have changed little since 1953. |
 | | The team upgraded to the F-16C variant of the Fighting Falcon (from the original F-16A variant) in 1992, the last active-duty unit to convert, and celebrated their 40th Anniversary in 1993. |
| www.geocities.com /tbirddmnd/Thunderbirds.html (2012 words) |
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